Catholic priest to withhold Communion from pro gay "marriage" politician

Catholic priest to withhold Communion from pro gay "marriage" politician...

"And the great issue now of homosexuality in your country, that shall be on the balance that Michael holds. Unless this balance is evened by removing this evil from your country and bringing in just laws to prevent the spread of homosexuality, you cannot be saved; your country cannot be saved. Because I repeat again, as I have repeated in the past: When a country has given itself over to immorality and all pleasures of the flesh, and abominations of the flesh, then that country will fall! If you do not believe Me, My children, I say: You will read your history books, and you will find out that there was a Sodom and Gomorrah. And what did We do to that abominable city, Sodom? We destroyed it! And what did We do to Gomorrah? We destroyed it! And We destroyed all who did not follow the plan for their redemption." Jesus, November 1, 1985

LifeSiteNews.com reported on March 3, 2005:

A Catholic priest said he would deny Communion to his parishioner – Catholic NDP Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay, Charles Angus – because of his support for same-sex “marriage” legislation.

Pastor of Angus’s St. Patrick’s parish in Cobalt, Fr. John Lemire, told LifeSiteNews.com Thursday that Angus’s position became public on January 19, after the Northern News published a story stating the MPs position. Fr. Lemire sent a private letter the following day to Angus, expressing his “shock and disappointment,” and reminding him of his “duty as a Catholic to uphold the teachings of the Church.”

“I explained in the letter that he was scandalizing members of our faith community,” Fr. Lemire explained. “I asked him to reconsider his position” on the issue. Fr. Lemire explained that, after Mass the following weekend, Angus told him he would be back in the riding in a couple of weeks, and would arrange a meeting then. Fr. Lemire never heard back from him, he said.

Later, February 16, while an NDP member was addressing the issue of same-sex “marriage” in parliament, Fr. Lemire said he happened to be watching the parliamentary channel, and noticed all NDP members responding to the speech with a standing ovation. “I called Charlie and left a message on his cell phone to express how deeply shocked and dismayed I was for his public support of same-sex ‘marriage,’” Fr. Lemire said. The next day, Angus returned the call, at which time Fr. Lemire explained to him “his position was inconsistent with the teachings of the Church,” and that his continued support for the legislation meant “there would be consequences.”

Angus asked if he would be unwelcome at church, to which Fr. Lemire responded that whether “saints or sinners,” everyone is welcome, but that his position would mean he is “outside of communion with the Church.” Fr, Lemire told Angus he would be denied communion if he persisted in his position, and voted in favour of the legislation. Fr. Lemire said he would not deny Angus communion until his vote is cast, and then only after telling him by registered letter, that he would be denied Communion if he presents himself.

Fr. Lemire said that all communication with Angus prior to a call from the Timmins news February 19 was private, and that Angus contacted the press. Fr. Lemire said there has been considerable support from the parish and abroad. Fr. Lemire explained that as Angus’s pastor, he has two responsibilities: Angus’s salvation; and the salvation of his other parishioners. Fr. Lemire said he could not allow Angus to continue to scandalize other Catholics.

Local Bishop Paul Marchand joined members of Campaign Life Coalition in February to protest outside Angus’s riding office. Father John Lemire is also the Diocesan Coordinator for a campaign against the redefinition of marriage.

See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Catholic Bishop Joins Protest Demonstration Outside Pro-Gay ‘Marriage’ Politicians Office
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/feb/05020903.html

See related local coverage:
Timmins citizens torn over legal definition of civil marriage
http://www.timminstimes.com/story.php?id=142749

"Are you so blind that you do not recognize the acceleration of sin among you? Murders abound, thievery, all manner of carnage, destruction of young souls, abortion, homosexuality, condemned from the beginning of time by the Eternal Father. Yet sin has become a way of life. Sin is condoned now, even unto the highest judge of your land and your lands throughout the world. As you have sown so shall you reap. Sin is death, not only of the spirit, but of the body. Wars are a punishment for man's sin, his greed, his avarice." - Our Lady of the Roses, August 14, 1981

The awesome Bayside Prophecies... http://www.tldm.org/../Bayside/
These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995.

SIN IS INSANITY
"I have told you, counseled you in the past, that sin is insanity. Your world and its people are involved--they walk as on a treadmill, seeking power and money and material goods and pleasure. And they go round and about, never stopping as the world plunges faster to the abyss.” – Our Lady, August 4, 1979

FREE WILL
"I say unto you, as your God, I bring not your destruction. You will bring about your own destruction, for I leave you, as your God, to the exercise of your free will. In your free will, if you reject your God and the plan for man's redemption as given from the beginning of time, I say unto you, you will destroy yourselves.
"Sin is insanity; insanity shall be loosed upon your world. There will come a time, if you continue on your present path, so vile and evil upon mankind that those who are living will envy the dead.” – Jesus, May 18, 1977

THE GREAT FOUNDATION
"Pray constantly your Rosary, your beads of prayer to Heaven. Remain unified in your family lives. The institution of your country--the great foundation is based on family life. Destroy the family and you destroy your country. The enemies--the enemy is already within your country. Watch and pray well, My children." - Our Lady, June 18, 1980

READ YOUR BIBLES
"Your word of homosexuality can be explained by the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Read in your Bibles or consult your clergy. Find yourselves, My children, a humble, pious clergy. Many have fallen away from the Faith." Our Lady, October 6, 1992

PASTORS HELD RESPONSIBLE
"We hold the pastors of My Son's House, We hold them as being responsible for the fall of the children. Be ye warned now, My children, that woe to the man who has this responsibility upon his conscience and his soul. Scandals have been brought into the lives of your children. Perversion, homosexuality, immorality, perverted sex, My children-where shall you stop but at the abyss!" Our Lady, December 7, 1977

AN ABOMINATION
"Man shall not condone evil or rationalize sin. Homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God and man! The Creator condemns those who do not repent of this sin." Our Lady, August 5, 1977

BLACK CLOUD OVER AMERICA
"In the days of Sodom, so too were men giving themselves over to all the pleasures of the flesh: eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage. All manner of sinful lusts are being committed. Men shameful with men, women casting aside their role of motherhood and lusting after women. As it was in the days of Sodom, so now is this black cloud over America." Our Lady, July 14, 1979

"THAT COUNTRY SHALL FALL"
"How can a great country like the United States fall, you say, My child? You ask Me in your heart. I read your heart. I will tell you why. Because they have given themselves over to satan. When a country has lost its morality and seeks the pleasures of the flesh, giving over, themselves over, to all manner of abominations, like homosexuality, and condoning this up the highest courts of the land, then that country shall fall." Our Lady, November 1, 1985

SODOM: "WE DESTROYED IT"
"And the great issue now of homosexuality in your country, that shall be on the balance that Michael holds. Unless this balance is evened by removing this evil from your country and bringing in just laws to prevent the spread of homosexuality, you cannot be saved; your country cannot be saved. Because I repeat again, as I have repeated in the past: When a country has given itself over to immorality and all pleasures of the flesh, and abominations of the flesh, then that country will fall! If you do not believe Me, My children, I say: You will read your history books, and you will find out that there was a Sodom and Gomorrah. And what did We do to that abominable city, Sodom? We destroyed it! And what did We do to Gomorrah? We destroyed it! And We destroyed all who did not follow the plan for their redemption." Jesus, November 1, 1985

SIN: FORERUNNER OF WAR
"For sin is always a forerunner for war, My children: murders, persecutions, robberies, all manners of sins of the flesh, homosexuality, lesbianism, perversion, sodomy. Sodom and Gomorrah fell for less sins than you have committed now upon your earth. Noah took to the ark and the world was in a better state spiritually than your world now; for you have accepted a sophisticated manner of sin, based on man's reasoning and not God's truth." Our Lady, October 2, 1979

ANY COUNTRY
"Any country that allows homosexuals to roam and to seduce the young shall be destroyed." Our Lady, June 30, 1984

Directives from Heaven... http://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm

D167 - The Family - Part 1 PDF
D168 - The Family - Part 2 PDF

D174 - Homosexuality, Part 2 PDF
D175 - Defilement of the Young PDF
D176 - Sodom and Gomorrah PDF
D205 - Sin is insanity PDF

Articles…

Canadian Bishop: The State must curtail homosexuality for the common good
http://www.tldm.org/News7/homosexualityBishopHenry.htm

Pope calls gay marriage part of "ideology of evil"
http://www.tldm.org/news7/homosexualMarriageIdeologyOfEvil.htm

Vatican Cardinal ends debate: No Communion for pro-abortion politicians or Rainbow Sashers
http://www.tldm.org/News7/AbortionArinze.htm

Bishop Henry says he would refuse Prime Minister Holy Communion, would consider excommunication
http://www.tldm.org/News7/AbortionBishopHenry.htm

Great Britain study says 43% of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals have a mental disorder
http://www.tldm.org/news7/GayMentalDisorder.htm

Our Lady of the Roses gave 17 requests to save America from annihilation
http://www.tldm.org/news5/17-steps.htm

Homosexuality and Hope: excerpts taken from a document by the Catholic Medical Association
http://www.tldm.org/news6/ssa.htm

America: Slouching towards Gomorrah
http://www.tldm.org/news5/gomorrah.htm

Legal justification for gay marriage is a "judicial sin"
http://www.tldm.org/news6/homosexuality13.htm

Pope slams same-sex "marriages"
http://www.tldm.org/news6/homosexuality6.htm

Pope urges authorities to stop gay marriages
http://www.tldm.org/News6/homosexuality10.htm

President Bush will renew quest of seeking a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage
http://www.tldm.org/news7/MarriageAmendment2.htm

Homosexuality: dispelling the lies
http://www.tldm.org/News4/homosexuality2.htm

What the Bible says about homosexuality
http://www.tldm.org/News6/homosexuality3.htm

Supreme Court Justice Burger speaks out against homosexuality
http://www.tldm.org/news6/homosexuality1.htm

What the Saints say about the sin of homosexuality
http://www.tldm.org/news7/homosexualitySaints.htm

Links...

Bishop Warns Catholics of Serious Spiritual Harm from Support of Homosexual Unions, Life Site News, May 26, 2004
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/may/04052506.html

Same-sex marriage barricades erected, WorldNetDaily, May 25, 2004
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38639

Bork criticizes court's interpretation of Constitution in gay marriage debate, Newsday, April 26, 2004
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--bork-gaymarriage0426apr25,0,1056852.story

Early Church teaching on homosexuality
http://www.catholic.com/library/Early_Teachings_on_Homosexuality.asp

Open Letter of the Catholic Medical Association to the U.S. bishops
http://www.cathmed.org/news_detail.asp?id=41&tableID=news

Catholic Medical Association: Homosexuality and Hope
http://www.cathmed.org/hhwebsite3.html

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